EVALUATION OF YOUTH-LED STREET SPORT FOR ALL March 2018 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Evaluation of Youth-Led Street Sport for All March 2018 Editor: Ibrahim Hourani Text: Iben Holck, Zeinab Hammoud, Kirstine Kruse GAME Lebanon Ain el Remaneh, Malkoun Street, Al Nahda Building, 3rd Floor. Chiah, Beirut Lebanon w: game.ngo e: [email protected] p: +961 7679 5954 ! ! ! ! TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY OF THE YSSA PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 1 About GAME .................................................................................................................................................................... 1 About the Youth-led Street Sport for All (YSSA) program .................................................................................. 1 HOW WE HAVE DONE ....................................................................................................................... 2 WIDESPREAD IMPACT: ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION ........................................................... 3 Playmaker Education ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Cultural Exchanges ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Weekly Street Sports Practices ................................................................................................................................. 4 Street Sports and Culture Festival ............................................................................................................................ 4 OVERALL OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................... 5 CREATING ACCEPTIVE ENVIRONMENTS 1st objective: Strengthen the intercultural dialogue and gender sensitivity ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 BECOMING ROLE MODELS 2nd objective: Empower the civil society ................................................................. 7 BREAKING THE LOCAL GENDERROLES 3rd objective: Build acceptance of girls participating in public activities outside the home ...................................................................................................................................... 10 ADVOCACY ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Social Media and Media .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Looking for a Place to Dream .................................................................................................................................... 13 The app ‘GAME Dream’ ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Looking for a Place to Dream Video ........................................................................................................................ 14 RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................ 17 RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 18 SUMMARY OF THE YSSA PROGRAM About GAME GAME is an international Top 200 NGO with a mission to create lasting social change through youth-led street sports and culture. GAME’s vision is that all children and young people should have access to sports and culture. To obtain this, GAME establish innovative facilities and educate young leaders and role models in street sports. GAME was originally founded in Denmark in 2002 and has been an international organization since 2007, with the establish- ment of the Lebanese branch. In 2010, GAME became officially registered as a Lebanese branch organization and is today run by a local Lebanese Country Director together with an engaged team of young volunteers. GAME Lebanon organizes trainings and competitions in Street-Basketball and Street-Soccer for children across disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Lebanon. The young volunteers – called Playmakers – run the practices in the local GAME Zones. By engaging the urban youth in phys- ical activities, GAME strives to create empowerment, prevent conflict and strengthen health across social, religious and ethnic divides. Over the past ten years of working in Lebanon, young Playmakers have organized sports activities for more than 10,000 children and peers across Lebanon. The neighbourhoods and towns that have benefitted from the activities stretch across the entire country from North to South, and this year include Qasqas, Shatila, Bourj el Barajneh, Tahwita, Nabaa (Bourj Hammoud), Barr Elias, Abu Samra (Tripoli), Qoubbe (Tripoli), Bab el Ramel (Tripoli), Ansar, Zefta and Baalbak. Sports should be for everyone and GAME is especially focusing on including vulnerable children and youth including refugees who would not otherwise have a chance to get involved. About the Youth-led Street Sport for All (YSSA) program During the course of 2017, the Youth-led Street Sport for All has been dedicated to deliver the overall objective of getting the next generation of Lebanese leaders to embark on an inter- cultural and gender transformative quest resulting in a more democratic and equal society. The actions carried out as part of the YSSA program will 1) strengthen the intercultural dia- logue and gender sensitivity, it will 2) empower the civil society, and it will 3) build ac- ceptance of girls participating in public activities outside the home. To reach these goals, GAME in Denmark (lead-applicant) team up with GAME Lebanon (co- applicant). GAME sets out to have four main activities in 2017: 1.! A Playmaker Education 2.! Three Cultural Exchanges 3.! Free Weekly Street Sports Practices 4.! A major outdoor one-day Street Sports and a Culture Festival Evaluation of Youth-led Street Sport for All 1 HOW WE HAVE DONE The evaluation is based on both various quantitative and qualitative data collected system- atically throughout the season of 2017. QUANTITATIVE DATA "! Registration of participating children at each practice in each Zone, with specification of gender and ethnic background. "! Registration of Playmakers participating in the two Playmaker Camps, with specifica- tion of gender and ethnic background, and number of Playmakers being active in the following practices in the Zones, in social activities and as volunteers at different events. "! Registration of participants at GAME’s two street sport festivals, with specification of gender and ethnic background. "! One survey-questionnaire conducted amongst Players from Qasqas, Zefta, Ansar, Baalbek and Bourj Albrajne with 68 respondents (33 females and 35 males). "! One survey-questionnaire conducted amongst Playmakers from Qasqas, Zefta, An- sar, Baalbek, Bourj Albrajne and Chiyah with 51 respondents (35 females and 16 males). QUALITATIVE DATA "! We asked Playmakers from the Zones all over Lebanon to share a story of the biggest change they had experienced being in the program and why this change was signifi- cant for them, following the method of Most Significant Change stories (MSC)1. They could categorize their change within one of 3 pre-defined themes (gender equality, in- tercultural dialogue and leadership) or they could define their own theme. 25 Play- makers (12 females and 13 males) from Bourj Albrajne, Chiyah, Qasqas, Shatila, Bourj Hammoud, Zefta and Ansar handed in MSC stories. The stories were then cross-ana- lysed for generalities, learnings and insights. "! 10 MSC stories (6 males and 4 females) were chosen for in-depth semi-structured in- terviews to follow up on the MSC story, that were in turn analysed. Quotes significant for the greater analysis are presented throughout the evaluation. "! Additional 6 MSC stories from 3 female Players and 3 male Players were collected and analysed on their own. 1 The approach and method was developed by Rick Davies. The MSC technique is an acknowledged and widespread method in monitoring and evaluation for evaluating complex interventions. Evaluation of Youth-led Street Sport for All 2 WIDESPREAD IMPACT: ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION Playmaker Education The aim was to educate 100 young people as Playmakers; young street sport instructors and democratic role models capable of working towards intercultural understanding, anti-racism, conflict prevention and gender equality. In 2017 GAME educated a total of 170 Playmakers of whom 136 where first-timers, which therefore far exceeded the target. Out of the total group of Playmakers, 48% were females and 41% non-Lebanese. For the first time, in addition to the annual one at the beginning of the season, GAME had an additional Playmaker Camp. The additional one was for the upcoming Playmakers in the new GAME Zones of Zefta, Ansar, Bourj Hammoud, Bar Elias and two zones in Tripoli. In total 128 Playmaker became active in a GAME Zone. Throughout the year, GAME organized several social meetings for Playmakers from different Zones to get to know each other and have fun. This strengthened intercultural dialogue and attitudes of acceptance within